This brief outlines Bond Connect, a link between the China Inter-Bank Bond Market and the Hong Kong, China bond market, China and recent developments, showing that Bond Connect has developed into a comprehensive cross-border ecosystem since its inception.
Bond Connect is a good example of practical market access and, increasingly, the adoption of international standards and best practices. At the same time, by allowing easy cross-border access to eligible investors, Bond Connect represents a practical form of regional financial integration within ASEAN+3.
Central to the work of ABMF and its publications has been explaining regional market features and functions, highlighting the use of standards, and addressing the misperceptions that continue to exist in relation to ASEAN+3 bond or capital markets, such as on investor protection or market access.